2007
- Barbeque is the Food of Choice at 12th Annual Cookeville Fall FunFest
Presented by U.S. Cellular September 7-8th
Cookeville, TN (9-5-07) – More than 30 barbeque teams from eleven states will compete for the title of Tennessee State Champion in the annual Cookeville Cookoff and sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society, a highlight of the two-day Cookeville Fall FunFest presented by U.S. Cellular September 7-8 in downtown Cookeville. Read this entire Press Release
- One Big Neighborhood Theme of WCTE-TV’s Stations of Imagination At
Cookeville’s 12th Annual Fall FunFest presented by U.S. Cellular September
7 & 8
Cookeville, TN (8-17-07) -- Sesame Workshop’s Walkaround Elmo and Maya and Miguel will make a special appearance in WCTE-TV’s popular Stations of Imagination during the 12th Annual Cookeville Fall Fun Fest Presented by U.S. Cellular September 7-8, 2007. The popular attraction begins with a sneak preview at 5:30 p.m. Friday night and kicks into full gear at 10:00 a.m. Saturday with numerous activity booths, family-oriented entertainment and an opportunity for kids to meet their favorite PBS characters, and will continue until 5:00 p.m. Headlining the stage will be Carlos and Friends with their great Salsa sound from Nashville. The PBS member station is sponsoring the event for the 12th year. Read this entire press release
- U.S. Cellular Signs On As Presenting Sponsor
For Cookeville’s 12th Annual Fall FunFest
Cookeville, TN (8-10-07) –For the first time in its 12-year history, Cookeville’s Fall FunFest will have a presenting sponsor this September. Event organizers have secured U.S. Cellular as presenting sponsor for the 12th Annual Fall FunFest slated for Friday and Saturday, September 7-8, 2007 on Cookeville’s historic downtown square. Read this entire press release
- Entries Now Being Accepted for Seventh Annual Fun Run Sponsored
by Averitt Part of Cookeville Fall FunFest presented by U.S. Cellular
September 7-8
Cookeville, TN (7-27-07) – Entries are now being accepted for the Seventh Annual Fun Run, sponsored for the first time by Averitt, which kicks off Saturday, September 8th’s events at the 12th Annual Cookeville Fall FunFest presented by U.S. Cellular September 7-8, 2007. The 5k/10k run begins promptly at 7:00 a.m., although packet pick-up begins a half hour earlier at 6:30 a.m. Read this entire press release
2006
- Wide Variety of Entertainers Slated For
11th Annual Cookeville Fall FunFest September 8-9Cookeville, TN (8-23-06) – A wide variety of musical sounds will light up the stages at Cookeville’s 11th Annual Fall FunFest Friday and Saturday, September 8-9. From Carolina beach music to pop/jazz saxophone and from traditional blues to Appalachian blues and folk to alternative rock, there will be something to suit almost every musical taste. Some of the best area bands will be competing in a Battle of the Bands. Deadline for entering the Fall FunFest Battle of the Bands is Friday, August 25th.
Read this entire press release - One Big Neighborhood Theme of WCTE-TV’s Stations of
Imagination
At Cookeville’s 11th Annual Fall FunFest September 8-9Cookeville, TN (8-3-06) -- Sesame Workshop’s Walkaround Zoe and Noddy from the PBS series Make Way for Noddy will make a special appearance in WCTE-TV’s popular Stations of Imagination during the 11th Annual Cookeville Fall FunFest September 8-9, 2006. The popular attraction kicks off at 10:00 a.m. Saturday with numerous activity booths, family-oriented entertainment and an opportunity for kids to meet their favorite PBS characters, and will continue until 5:00 p.m. The PBS member station is sponsoring the event for the 11th year.
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- May 18 - Cookeville’s 11th
Annual Fall FunFest is slated for Friday and Saturday, September 8-9,
2006 on Cookeville’s historic downtown square.
One of the premier fall events on the Upper Cumberland Plateau, Fall FunFest offers a variety of events for the entire family, including a championship barbeque cook-off, a Regions Bank Family Fun Zone, Teen World, a 5k/10k Eloqui Fun Run, WCTE Stations of Imagination and TACA arts and crafts area. A variety of musical entertainment will perform on three stages, and local and regional vendors will offer food and concessions. Past performers have included Delbert McClinton, Marcia Ball, Jonell Mosser and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Admission to the event is free.
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- Download an application for the Fall FunFest Battle of the bands. Click Here
2005
- September 7 - Home opener also kickoff event for Cookeville
Fall FunFest, Sept. 8-11
The first home game of Tennessee Tech’s 2005 football season is also the opening event for a long weekend of activities in Cookeville, culminating in the Cookeville Fall FunFest, Friday and Saturday
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- September 7 - Fall FunFest Teen World Packed with Activities
The 10th Annual Fall FunFest is excited to offer an area exclusively for teens this year. No one can claim boredom this year; Broad Street is wall to wall excitement for two straight days!
Read this entire press release - August 23 - The 10th Annual Fall FunFest featuring the 16th Annual
Cookeville CookOff presented by Corona and 10th Annual Stations of
Imagination will take place Friday and Saturday, September 9 and 10
on the square in Downtown Cookeville. The event once again promises
a plethora of musical styles and sounds.
Read this entire press release - August 22 - For 9 years, the annual Fall FunFest event has brought
great food, foot-stomping music and eclectic arts/crafts and demonstration
booths to Cookeville’s historic downtown square. For its milestone
10th year, the festival is changing a few things, adding a few things
and gearing up for an incredible celebration.
Read this entire press release - July 23 - Make it a Long Weekend! If you are planning to be in Cookeville
in September you might want to extend your stay. A full weekend of
fun is in store September 8th through 11th!
Read this entire press release - April 05 - To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the organizing committee
for Cookeville’s Fall FunFest decided a fun, new logo was in
order. With this in mind, the talented staff at Streamliner Creative
set to work creating a striking, vibrant new look for this year’s
event. What better way to show off a new logo than on a new website?
Partnering with N2 the Net, Fall FunFest has an information-packed,
24-hour accessible home at www.fallfunfest.com. The new website was
recently unveiled featuring the new logo, as well as how to become
a sponsor, concessions information, event schedule, contact information,
and information on the Eloqui Wireless FunRun and the kids zone, which
will feature a new stage and fun new activities. ...
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- February 05 – CityScape and The Fall FunFest Organizing Committee
are proud to announce dates for the 10th Annual Fall FunFest. The two-day
event will take place Friday and Saturday, September 9th and 10th in
historic downtown Cookeville...
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